Magical Mistress was nothing short of superb last year and will look to remain perfect in the first Island stakes engagement of the season Sunday afternoon at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway.
Sunday’s program kicks off at 1:00 p.m. featuring a trio of divisions of the Ruby Chappell Memorial Stakes for three-year-old pacing fillies as well as three divisions of the Bob Dewar Memorial Stakes for sophomore pacing colts.
Magical Mistress headlines her Chappell division in the seventh race with Adam Merner back at the controls for trainer Stephen Gass and new owners Donald MacRae of Vernon Bridge and Allard Racing of Quebec. The daughter of Camystic has drawn post three in the $8,100 class as she looks to expand on her 12-race undefeated streak put together as a two-year-old in 2018.
The program commences with a Chappell division in the first race with Ma Rebelle selected as the one to beat from post two. The daughter of Ameripan Gigolo has already recorded a 1:59.1 victory this season for trainer-driver Marc Campbell and owners Larry and Kathy Chappell of Marshfield.
Arc Light has similar prospects in the other $8,100 Chappell division in the fifth race as she leaves from post two as the morning line favourite for trainer-driver Campbell. The daughter of Camystic was a 1:59.2 victor in her latest start for owner Grayland Farm of Pugwash, N.S.
Bob Dewar Memorial action starts off in the third race with a pair of champions colliding. Last season’s Maritime Breeders Futurity champion Red Dirt Boomer leaves from the rail for trainer-driver Gilles Barrieau and owner Daniel Ross of Belfast. Atlantic Breeders Crown champion Notorious has post five in the same split with Campbell in the bike for owners Shirley Symes of Springhill, N.S., and Darryl and Gordon MacLean of Winsloe.
The second Dewar division is later on the card in the ninth race with a $8,100 pot at stake. Carlisimo won the first Maritime stakes event of the season in the Dawn Bremner Memorial in New Brunswick. The son of Shadow Play and driver Campbell must contend with the far outside at post seven for trainer Kevin MacLean and owner Reg MacPherson of Stratford.
The final Dewar split has A Grand Terror favoured to win the lion’s share of the $8,100 purse for trainer-driver Barrieau and owners Wayne MacRae of Nova Scotia and Robert Tilley and Lester Mott of New Brunswick. The Camystic pacer will leave from post one in the field of eight entries.
Driver David Dowling will be special guest on Inside Track with host Rocky Schurman. The interview segment will air at 12:35 p.m. on the live Red Shores broadcast. For more information go to Redshores.ca.
To view the entries for Sunday's card, click the following link: Sunday Entries - Summerside Raceway.
(with files from Red Shores)
Magical Mistress's 2019 debut
Magical Mistress's 2019 debut was not an auspicious one. She broke twice at the start and was never a factor in the race, failing not only to win, but to even finish in the money, finishing fourth.